St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-03

mercantile Gas per cent. Sterling exchange
dull but steady, at S4.Sls4 for sixty days and
S4.Sol2 for demand. The stock market to-
day was shade more active, but the temper
of the speculation was not so bullish as yes
ierday, though the market showed firm un-
dertone throughout. London did very
little and the bull leaders were inclined TO
let well enough alone; and the disposition of
the traders TO force reaction, though unsuc
cessful, served to keep prices as rule down
TO the level of last nights figures. The good
FEELING existing last evening, however, was
still powerful this morning and the market
responded quickly to to the higher London
quotations. Rumors were current that the
Delaware Hudson dividend would be in
creased and that stock was prominently
strong, the other coalers sharing in the
Improvement. The Southern stocks were
Also favorites and late in the day Union Pa
citic moved up. The bears again selected
Missouri Pacific 10 break the list with, and by
persistent hammering depressed its price l2
per cent from the opening figure, but little
impression was made upon the general list
until late in the day, when the early advances
were wiped out in many eases. The news of
The day of a character TO affect stocks was
meagre and unimportant. The opening was
somewhat irregular but generally strong at
advances extending 10 ~ per cent, though
Northern Pacific preferred was off Y. The
market was quite feverish in the early deal
ings and Missouri Pacific was weak while Pc
oria. Decatur d Evansville, Colorado Coal
Manitoba and few others were strong. The
firm tone gradually Oyerspread the entire
list and fluctuations became small and bus.
mess quiet. Delaware d Hudson and Union
Pacific then took the lead, and on an in
creased activity further advances were made
in the afternoon, the best prices of the day
being recorded about o'clock. material
reaction occurred in the last hour and the
close was quiet, but heavy at close to open
ing figures as a general thing. Prices are ir-
regular as compared with those of last even
ing and are about equally divided between
gains and losses, generally for fractions
only: but Missouri Pacific lost lis, while
Colorado Coal, Delaware d Hudson and Man
ltoba each rose per cent
Railroad bonds were moderately active.
The Kansas and Texas issues were again the
feature, being somewhat feverish, though
their fluctuations were less violent than of
late and their final changes were
unimpOrtant. The Us were most act
i've and furnished S1O1 900 out of d
total days business of S1,O90,000. The gen.
eral list was firm TO strong and are generally
higher tonight. st. Paul gold bonds rose
pa TO 1874; Erie LIST cOnsols to 1876;
Texas Pacific income receipts to AZ. and
Reading income certificates ia to 1914.
Government bonds were dull and steady.
State bonds were entirely neglected. The
total sales of stocks to-day were 800, $50
shares. including: Delaware. Lackawanna 4
Western, 10, 900; Delaware Il Hudson,
1880; Erie, 4 sos Lake Shore, l6, 100; Louis
vile d Nashville, z, 125: Missouri Pacific,
20.2S5; Northwestern, 1908; Northern
Pacific preferred, $3.50; Oregon Transconti-
mental, $500: Peoria, Decatur e. Evansville,
Union Pacific, 1850; Western Union, r.
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